Review by Steve K Irregularities in life have resulted in the irregularity of my updates lately; I’m sorry, and I’m working on it. This week I’ve got three albums in my aural crosshairs; here’s what I thought: Dirty Ghosts: Metal Moon This is Pop Punk done right, with the added advantage of a female lead vocal! Simple, unpretentious, punk-inspired instrumentation [...]
Review by Marie-Lou Plante One of the most famous Quebec electronic bands, Misteur Valaire, will make their first appearance at Studio 12 on Radio-Canada this Sunday. As luck would have it, I won a pair of tickets to assist to the recording Wednesday. They invited a new rap scene figure, SoCalled, who is an artist as surprising as the quintet [...]
Review by Marie-Lou P Boom. Boom. Boom. As I was approaching the entrance of the festival, my heart was synchronizing to the sound emanating from the Quays. With the bad weather all day long, alternating between rain, snow and freezing rain, we could almost rename the festival “Lakefest” instead of “Igloofest”. Enormous water holes and mud were therefore wetting my [...]
Review by Steve K Young Empires: Wake All My Youth If you’re looking for a quick dose of 1980s New Wave – inspired Technopop with big beats, trippy elements, bleak and energetic vocals and clever, compact and complex lyrics, you definitely owe it to yourself to check out Young Empires’ debut, ‘Wake All My Youth’ The songs make good use [...]
Friday night I had the opportunity to attend Down With Webster`s first appearance of the week-end in Montreal. I entered a well-crowded Metropolis with a good amount of people already rocking the DWW hat. The evening began at 10:00pm sharp but the fans were singing the songs playing in the venue long before the band walked onstage. They started the [...]
Review by Marie-Lou When I entered the Igloofest site Thursday, at a much earlier time than last week, I was surprised by the amount of people already there for Tiga’s set. I mean, there were a lot less people than for A-Track. This time, I was not wearing snow pants; only sweat pants and a pair of leggings under them. [...]
Review by Steve K Cranking It Up To 11: The 11 Worst Albums Of 2011 This year’s worst of – one of my favorite columns to write – list isn’t limited to 10, as the Best of was, last week. That’s 2011’s 10 best albums, plus a special place in Worst of Hell that I’d promised had been reserved for [...]
Review by Marie-Lou Photo from www.thenewmontreal.com It was not simply a regular crowd that took over the Quays of The Old Port on January 12th for the first night of the Igloofest’s 6th edition. Rather, it was almost like a zoo. Giraffes, pandas, and fur hats but also “mucho libre” masks, flashy one-piece winter suits and of course an abundance [...]
By Steve K I took a little longer than usual to put this one together, owing to a really nasty cold and a very busy holiday schedule. However, I’m ready to have at it, so let’s begin! #10 – Fleet Foxes, Helplessness Blues 9.5/10 Sub Pop / Bella Union Hypnotic, haunting and poetic, Folk-Rock duo Fleet Foxes’ second album offers [...]
Review by Anne-Marie Maccio Photography by Emilie C-P On Friday night, the Metropolis was almost at full capacity for the last metal show of 2011. For the occasion, four bands shared the stage: For Today, Enter Shikari, Whitechapel and The Devil Wears Prada. For Today started the evening with Saul of Tarsus and The Advocate, stopping briefly during their set [...]
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